Flipping the Switch

No one has been happy with the Grizzlies preseason, least of all the man on the sidelines. Before we sell our season tickets, let's remember two things: first, this team is laden with established veterans on comfortable contracts. While I'm sure all of them used their offseasons wisely, none of them particularly enjoy playing games that don't count. Three weeks ago, Zach Randolph stumbled through media day so half-awake he had to be reminded when his first preseason game was. We shouldn't have expected them to work excessively hard, let alone risk injury, to come from behind against more aggressive, reinvigorated line-ups with something to prove (Chicago, Dallas, Houston)...